. On modern methods of treating fractures . and the 23arts areclamped into position by placing thin steel bars 2| in. long oneach side, so as to take the ends of the transverse bars. Therectangle thus formed is fixed by four nuts and Avashers. This method proved to be simple and very efficacious. Theanimals ran about with the steel frame in position, and in onlyone case (the first, when I had not got the suitable drills) wasthere any sign of inflammation round the transfixion holes. Twocats of this series died of distemper (Nos. 58, 65). In one ofthese no repair was evident at the end of eight
. On modern methods of treating fractures . and the 23arts areclamped into position by placing thin steel bars 2| in. long oneach side, so as to take the ends of the transverse bars. Therectangle thus formed is fixed by four nuts and Avashers. This method proved to be simple and very efficacious. Theanimals ran about with the steel frame in position, and in onlyone case (the first, when I had not got the suitable drills) wasthere any sign of inflammation round the transfixion holes. Twocats of this series died of distemper (Nos. 58, 65). In one ofthese no repair was evident at the end of eighteen days, but in all OPERATIVE TREATMENT 119 the other five cases repair proceeded regularly. It will beconvenient to describe these five in the order of the length ofperiod during which they Avere under observation. Figs. 67 and 68 are skiagrams showing some of the specimensat intervals varying from seven to seventy days. They showhow well the position of the bones is maintained, and how littleirritation occurs at the site of
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